National men's lacrosse: No. 20 Hofstra upsets No. 3 Notre Dame

A late surge by No. 3 Notre Dame fell short and No. 20 Hofstra won, 8-7, Saturday in men's lacrosse at Arlotta Stadium.

The game was tied at 4 at halftime and host Notre Dame (3-1) opened the second half with a goal by Tyler Kimball (Gilman) midway through the third quarter.

Hofstra (4-1) responded with four unanswered goals to take an 8-5 lead. Adrian Sorichetti began the run with 3:39 left in the third quarter, and Mike Malave scored just over a minute later to give the Pride a 6-5 lead at the end of the period.

"Our execution was not very good at either end of the field in the third quarter," Notre Dame coach Kevin Corrigan said. "I can't think of two really good possessions that we had in the third quarter. If you're going to give away possessions, you're going to put yourself in a position like we were in late in the game."

Notre Dame outshot Hofstra 37-33. Irish senior John Kemp made 11 saves in goal, while his counterpart Chris Selva also had 11 stops. The Pride won the faceoff battle 12-6. Hofstra was 0-for-2 in man-up chances, while Notre Dame was 0-for-1.

Lehigh 12, No. 11 Penn State 10: In a span of about seven minutes in the fourth quarter, the Nittany Lions (2-3) gave up five straight goals, including a pair 1:45 apart on extra-man opportunities, in the final game of the inaugural Whitman's Sampler Independence Classic before an announced 5,212 at PPL Park in Chester, Pa. Penn State rallied for five goals in the third quarter to tie the game at 6 after the host Mountain Hawks (4-3) didn’t allow a goal for a stretch of 24:24. Freshman attackman TJ Sanders led Penn State with five goals, including a pair seven seconds apart that broke a 6-6 tie in the opening minute of the fourth quarter. Lehigh was led by senior attackman Dante Fantoni, who had three goals and two assists.

No. 12 Syracuse 13, St. John's 11: Senior defenseman Brian Megill scored his first goal of the season on a give-and-go with senior midfielder Luke Cometti in the final minute of the third quarter to break a tie at 9 and the Orange (3-1) did not trail again in the opening game of the Independence Classic. Junior attackman Derek Maltz finished with a team-high three goals for Syracuse. Junior attackman Kevin Cernuto led the Red Storm (3-2) with four goals. The Orange held a 47-32 advantage in shots.

No. 14 Pennsylvania 13, Villanova 9: The Quakers (4-1) scored six of the final seven goals to rally in the Independence Classic. Senior attackman Jack Rice (Boys' Latin) had a hat trick for Villanova, which was led in scoring by Georgetown Prep grad Max Hart's four unassisted goals but was scoreless for the final 17 minutes. Freshman attackman Nick Doktor, junior midfielder Zack Losco and sophomore attackman Isaac Bock had three goals apiece for Penn, which also got a goal and a game-high three assists from senior attackman Tim Schwalje. The Wildcats will host No. 1 Maryland (4-0) next Saturday night at 7. “We didn’t fly around [in the second half] as much as we were in the first and second quarters,” Rice said. “We sort of slowed the ball down and weren’t pushing the defense and were letting them set up. We also didn’t have as many possessions in the second half, and that sort of killed our momentum.”